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Teachers, kids victims of different rules for state and private schools

State school teachers endure violence and abuse that would be unthinkable in private schools, creating a two-tier education system, writes Robert Schwarten.

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Technology & Digital Safety

The ‘digital honey pots’ that try to keep children online for longer

AI chatbots for social platforms including Meta and TikTok are telling kids misleading information about the incoming under-16s social media ban.

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ExclusiveTechnology & Digital Safety

Notorious deepfake nude sites used by Aussie kids now blocked

The world’s most notorious deepfake nudifying web apps are no longer accessible in Australia, after the eSafety Commissioner threatened to take their UK parent company to court.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Minister’s reality check for kids hoping to sneak around social media ban

Tech companies can detect fake ages and VPN tricks, the government has warned defiant teenagers, as a High Court bid seeks to overturn Australia’s groundbreaking social media ban.

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Let Them Be Kids

Kids to lose social media access even earlier in pre-emptive move

Australian teens have just days left on Instagram and Facebook as Meta launches an unprecedented purge of underage users to comply with world-first laws.

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Primary

How to help your kid become a maths whiz (and it’s not too tricky)

A maths teacher with 30+ years of experience shares four simple ways parents can help their primary-schoolers become a star at maths.

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Schools Hub

‘Don’t panic’: Experts explain the risks around asbestos sand saga

Can this coloured sand be deadly? As schools are closed amid a nationwide recall, we explain the risks if your kids have been exposed to play sand containing asbestos.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Horrific ‘undressing’ apps ruining lives of teachers and teens

Apps allowing teenagers to create AI-generated fake nudes of classmates and teachers are out of control in Aussie schools, as parents plead with politicians to take action.

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Education

O’Brien: Partying parents vs sober teens proves new generation gap

While Gen Z counts steps and sips water, their Gen X parents are living it up at casinos and belting out Cold Chisel until dawn. Susie O’Brien wonders how today’s youth became so old.

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Schools Hub

Swimming coach arrest raises alarm over safety in children’s sports

A swimming coach’s arrest has sent shockwaves through junior sport, as investigators reveal the hidden dangers in children’s sporting programs. Here’s what parents need to know.

Mental Health

Experts warn of soaring poisoning rates from ADHD drugs

More than 3000 Australians were poisoned by ADHD drugs last year, as experts reveal the hidden dangers of a medication designed for adults but widely used by kids.

Parenting

Is your child going overseas for schoolies? Bad idea…

Is your teen heading to Bali, Fiji or Thailand for schoolies this year? A safety expert’s advice is to think twice – because the biggest risks aren’t immediately apparent.

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Parenting

Things the ‘experts’ reckon you should never say to your kids

Ever told your kids “be careful” or “let me help”? You’re failing at parenting – at least according to some progressive experts. Susie O’Brien says they’re dead wrong.

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Education

She stood up to her bullies at assembly – something wonderful happened

Hannah Swinnerton has gone from being bullied to confronting her tormentors, starring in beauty pageants and doing a 70kg deadlift. Here’s her remarkable story.

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